No. 4 of 1865.
FORGERY.
Acknowledging recognizance, etc., in name of another.
[24 & 25 Vict. c. 98 s. 34.]
* Forging or uttering marriage licence or certificate. [ib. s. 35.]
† Forging or uttering register of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, or burials. [ib. s. 36.]
* any officer of customs, or by any officer of any Court in this Colony, or the name, handwriting, or signature of the Governor, or of any such officers as aforesaid; or
(2) offers, utters, disposes of, or puts off any such certificate, report, entry, licence, permit, indorsement, direction, authority, instrument, or writing, knowing the same to be forged or altered, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 14 years.
Falsely acknowledging recognizances, etc.
35. Every person who, without lawful authority or excuse, in the name of any other person, acknowledges any recognizance or bail, or any judgment, or any deed or other instrument, before any Court, Judge, or other person lawfully authorised in that behalf, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 7 years.
Forgery of marriage licences.
36. Every person who forges or fraudulently alters any licence of or certificate for marriage, or offers, utters, disposes of, or puts off any such licence or certificate, knowing the same to be forged or fraudulently altered, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 7 years.
Forgery of registers of births, etc.
37. Every person who-
(1) unlawfully destroys, defaces, or injures, or causes or permits to be destroyed, defaced, or injured, any register of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, or burials which is by law authorised or required to be kept in this Colony, or any part of any such register, or any certified copy of any such register, or any part thereof; or
(2) forges or fraudulently alters in any such register any entry relating to any birth, baptism, marriage, death, or burial, or any part of any such register, or any certified copy of any such register, or any part thereof; or
(3) knowingly and unlawfully inserts or causes or permits to be inserted in any such register, or in any certified copy thereof, any false entry relating to any birth, baptism, marriage, death, or burial; or
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No. 4 of 1865.
FORGERY.
Acknowledg. ing recogni. zance, etc., in name of another.
[24 & 25 Vict. c. 98 s. 34.]
*
Forging or uttering marriage licence or certificate. [ib. s. 35.]
†
Forging or uttering register of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, or burials. [ib. s. 36.]
*
any officer of customs, or by any officer of any Court in this Colony, or the name, handwriting, or signature of the Governor, or of any such officers as aforesaid; or
(2) offers, utters, disposes of, or puts off any such certificate, report, entry, licence, permit, indorsement, direction, authority, instrument, or writing, knowing the same to be forged or altered, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 14 years.
Falsely acknowledging recognizances, etc.
35. Every person who, without lawful authority or excuse, in the name of any other person, acknowledges any recognizance or bail, or any judgment, or any deed or other instrument, before any Court, Judge, or other person lawfully authorised in that behalf, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 7 years.
Forgery of marriage licences.
36. Every person who forges or fraudulently alters any licence of or certificate for marriage, or offers, utters, disposes of, or puts off any such licence or certificate, knowing the same to be forged or fraudulently altered, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 7 years.
Forgery of registers of births, etc.
37. Every person who-
(1) unlawfully destroys, defaces, or injures, or causes or permits to be destroyed, defaced, or injured, any register of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, or burials which is by law authorised or required to be kept in this Colony, or any part of any such register, or any certified copy of any such register, or any part thereof; or
(2) forges or fraudulently alters in any such register any entry relating to any birth, baptism, marriage, death, or burial, or any part of any such register, or any certified copy of any such register, or any part thereof; or
(3) knowingly and unlawfully inserts or causes or permits to be inserted in any such register, or in any certified copy thereof, any
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As amended by No. 30 of 1911.
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